Spain Country rescues 177 migrants off southern coast Spanish authorities said on Tuesday they had rescued 177 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa on six boats off the southern Mediterranean coast. Spain's maritime rescue service said it had spotted some of the boats by airplane. It sent ships to carry out the rescues at various points on the country's southern shore including near Malaga. There were eight minors among those rescued it added. In 2015 3845 migrants entered Spain via sea…

Rohingya Migrants From Myanmar, Shunned by Malaysia, Are Spotted Adrift in Andaman Sea

Migrants From Myanmar, Shunned by Malaysia, Are Spotted Adrift in Andaman Sea: The Indonesian Navy turned away a boat with thousands of passengers, urging it on to Malaysia, while the Malaysian authorities turned away two boats with a total of at least 800 passengers. “What we have now is a game of maritime Ping-Pong,” said the International Organization for Migration. “What’s the endgame? If these people aren’t brought to shore soon, we are going to have a boat full of corpses.”

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